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The sauce

Ingredients

1 lb cooked ground beef with grease drained

1 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes with basil

1 6 oz. can of tomato paste

3 large cloves of garlic

3 or more tablespoons of prepared pesto

1 teaspoon sugar

Salt to taste

1 onion

1 green pepper

1 cup of baby carrots

1 medium yellow beet

1 pint of grape tomatoes

1 cup or more of chicken broth or water to thin sauce

Pasta

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Rough chop 1 onion, 1 green pepper.

Peel 3 large cloves of garlic.

Wash 1 yellow beet.

Place beet in a foil packet, drizzle with olive oil, and seal foil packet.

Place garlic cloves in a foil packet, drizzle with olive oil, and seal foil packet.

Place beet and garlic packet in a roasting pan.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Place chopped onion, pepper, approximately 1 cup of baby carrots, and one pint of grape tomatoes on the lined baking sheet.

Puncture each grape tomato with a knife.

Drizzle all vegetables with olive oil.

Place both pans in the oven.  

Start checking the garlic after 30 minutes and remove from the oven when soft/when they are easily pierced with a knife.

Roast other veggies for 1 hour, remove from oven, and allow to cool until they can be safely handled.

After removing the beet from the foil, peel the outer skin of the beet and roughly chop.

Open 1 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes with basil (Tuttorosso) and add to sauce pan.

Open 1 6 oz. can of tomato paste (Tuttorosso) and add to the sauce pan.

Use Medium heat.

Add roasted garlic and all roasted veggies.

Blend to desired consistency with stick blender.

Add 3 tablespoons of pesto or more to taste.

Add 1 teaspoon of sugar.

Add additional salt, powdered garlic to taste.

Add 1 lb of cooked ground beef.

Thin sauce with 1 cup or more of chicken broth or water.

Simmer covered for 30-60 minutes.

Serve with your favorite pasta.

2018 Retrospective

For whatever reason I started a quite a few posts this year and never finished them.  So here they are in a plain way:

1. 15 December - why does it rain on the weekend?
2. 18 November- Knot Theory
3. 24 October- Kirkman 
4. 10 September-PROXY GENERATION PPAs
5. 28 August- How To Tell
   
   It's always going to be hard to tell
   
   what's going on?
   when's it happening?
   who's going where?
   why?
   
   
   I think it is supposed to be that way.
   
   
6. 30 July-The Maximum Altitude Humans have ever acheived
   

   what is the highest up we have ever been in space? 

   
   
   
   
   
   According to the Wikipedia article on STS-82 the highest we have ever been is 335-nautical-mile (620 km).  STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter.  Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 11 February 1997, returning to Earth on 21 February 1997 at Kennedy Space Center.
   
   

   
   
7. 1 June- Yeah Buddy

8. People you run in to when your touring there town 🙌🏻 Danny boy 😂😂😂😂 #touryourtown @themadhueys

   A post shared by DEAN,SHAUN HARRINGTON (@hazza_twins) on Jul 13, 2018 at 6:49

   
   

   pm PDT

9. 29 May- Free Internet for the Poor
   
   
   
   
   
   
   A resolution I have for 2019 is to write at least one post a month. 
   

a bunch of pictures

Photo Album

BUILD THE (sea)WALL!

Tangier Island  is a really amazing place both geographically as well as culturally.  It is truly a glimpse into the past, and that could soon be just a memory due to sea level rise. 

I think this is a really great short film about what life is like on Tangier.  After watching you will see that the majority of people who live there truly hope that Trump will be able to put together the manpower and resources to build a wall around them to keep the water out in 2019.  The threat to their way of life is imminently approaching them and they can't do anything about it, scary.  Sadly, I feel that Tangier Island will certainly become a casualty to climate change.  I hope that this video will help people realize how important voting is, and to pay special attention to the candidate's stance on the environmental issues that affect us all. 

A good movie to see

Okinaway of life

Simple Superstar (2013) Full Movie: Wilbur Sargunaraj [HD]

First class film